The Tears of a Prince

Kai knew the guards were coming from their footsteps. They were rushed, the metal in their armor clacking as they got down the stairs. Their faces expressionless as they opened the door of their shared cell and grabbed them, pulling them out. 

"The weapon has been found in your room." One of the guards said and Kai scoffed. Of course it did. 

He allowed the guards to take him outside, knowing very well where they were headed. The throne room. His mother would be there, his father and his siblings. The werewolves too, Philip would be there. He would believe him right? That he wasn't the one actually that he did it. They were together the whole morning, there was no way he could actually be the one to do it. 

The doors of the throne room opened wide, revealing the cold queen staring down at them. Kai smiled at the bunch of werewolves that had gathered, provoking him but he didn't care. They had found the weapon, somehow, someone had sneaked into his room while he was gone and made him the perfect murderer. If he really wanted to kill that nobody, then they would never know it was him, everyone in his family knew that. 

They were taken to the front of the room, pushed down to their knees in front of his mother's throne.

"The weapon has been found. We were having a meeting while the guards were searching and the weapon was found in your room Kai." Cecilia told him. "Did you do it?" she asked and the prince raised his head, suddenly starting to laugh as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"You should know that if I wanted to kill him you wouldn't even have a body to bury not let alone the murder weapon. Someone is setting me up." he said, looking at his mother with a serious expression. "Someone who doesn't really like me but at the same time they want to shake the relationships of the two species. I guess we have been at peace for too long haven't we?" he said, turning his head towards the werewolves and winking at them. 

"Your majesty…" Philip stepped in, a devastated look on his face. "The prince had been with me all morning. He couldn't have done it. I was always with him, I swear." he said, trying to defend him. 

"He probably stole the weapon and secured it to his accomplish to kill poor Mark. It would be too easy for a man as skilled as the third prince." Alloy said. 

"Still I would be so stupid at the same time to hide the weapon in my own room. RIght?" he asked her. 

"Not stupid, arrogant." Alloy told him, a grin on her face. "He wants to make a fool out of us, out of the vampires! Loyd he murdered a member of your pack, his dear friend and now, everyone in this palace are trying to find an excuse to keep him alive. Someone needs to be killed don't you think? Pay the price for the crime they've committed." 

"Alloy…" Philip told her between gritted teeth.

"You know…" Kai said. "This is where you're wrong. I don't want to make a fool out of you people because I don't give a shit about you. It is that simple!" he said. "I had no reason to kill you pack member. I swear." he told Loyd, looking him in the eyes as honest as he could seem. Alloy was manipulating this man, she was controlling him through his grief. Despicable. 

"Do you have something else to say for yourselves? We will take it into consideration while we are thinking about your punishment." Cecilia told them she needed to stop this conflict, she couldn't defend him when he would end up agitating everyone in this room. 

"I didn't do it!" Kai stated with no hesitation. "And neither did Lun. You will be killing us when we're innocent and leave the true murderer out just because you're being manipulated." 

"Lun, what about you? What do you have to say?" Cecilia asked the man and he raised his head. He spotten Xan, he wasn't that hard to find, standing in front of him with a stern expression, his eyes only letting him get an idea of his torment. Lun scoffed, keeping his thoughts silent. 

"Nothing." he mumbled. 

"Alright then we will consider what would be a fitting punishment and…"

"No!" Loyd shouted. "We won't consider anything. I want the one who stabbed my pack member to die. It is the only fitting way for this to be resolved. I will not accept any other kind of punishment and I will not sign the treaty until justice is served. The one responsible for this needs to pay, or are you looking down on us because your son is in on this? Where is your justice that you promised me?" The Alpha shouted, obviously furious and Cecilia's body tensed. 

"Who stabbed Mark?" Cecilia asked, looking at them. "Who stabbed him?" she asked again, her eyes focusing now on Lun. 

"I did." The vampire said, making Kai look at him as if he was insane. 

"Lun!" His best friend called his name. "Don't do this!" 

"I was the one that stabbed him so I will receive the punishment. Is that alright with you?" He asked them and Loyd nodded.

"No, no!" Kai screamed. "If you dare to harm him I swear I will…"

"Take them both away, lock Kai in his room and Lun in the dungeons. Make sure that Kai does not try to let him out." She ordered the guards.

"No!" Kai shouted as he tried to escape the guards. He pushed away one of them, making him land on the floor and broke off his restraints as if they were nothing. "I have been playing this game of yours for too long. I will find the one who did it. One of you sneaked into my room and planned this knife, and I swear to the gods I will…"

"All of us were on the tour, also we don't know where your quarters are, your highness. Isn't that a well kept secret in the palace? Where the royal family sleeps." Alloy stated a sardonic expression on her face.

"You fucking…"

"Go away quietly." Xan stepped in.

"You too? Seriously?" Kai shouted at his older brother. 

"Kai…" Lun called out. "Leave it. It's fine." 

"IT IS NOT FINE. I swear right here and right now that I will find out who did it and when I do, I will be allowed to rip all of your heads off!"